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In this revised edition, all chapters--including Joel Mokyr's extensive introductory survey and evaluation of research in this field--are updated to consider arguments and findings advanced since the volume's initial 1993 publication. Like its predecessor, the revised edition of "The British Industrial Revolution" is an essential book for economic historians and, indeed, for any historian of Great Britain in the eighteenth and nineteenth centu...

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An Economic Perspective. The Industrial Revolution remains a defining moment in the economic history of the modern world. But what kind and how much of a revolution was it? And what kind of ?moment? could it have been? These are just some of the larger questions among the many that economic historians continue to debate. Addressing the various interpretations and assumptions that have been attached to the concept of the Industrial Revolution, ...

Sappiamo bene ormai come la Rivoluzione industriale abbia innescato l'economia moderna, ma l'interrogativo avvincente su cui gli storici continuano a dibattere è sempre lo stesso: perché è accaduta proprio qui, in Europa, e non altrove? Grazie a una estesa e approfondita analisi, l'autore mostra come sia stata la cultura a fare la differenza. Fra Cinque e Settecento in Europa crebbe infatti una cultura volta al miglioramento della vita, all'ac...

Questo studio ricostruisce le origini storiche della rivoluzione, tecnologica e scientifica, che nel corso degli ultimi due secoli ha rappresentato il maggior fattore di crescita economica e sociale e che ha prodotto quella che si definisce "economia della conoscenza". Il progresso, nelle condizioni materiali della vita, registrato in questo arco di tempo si è realizzato grazie a un aumento di conoscenza "utile", non semplicemente grazie a nuo...

During the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much has been made of the details of the Industrial Revolution, what remains a mystery is why it took place at all. Why did this revolution begin in the West and not elsewhere, and why did it continue, leading to today's unprecedented prosperity? In this groundbreaking book, celeb...

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First published in 1985, this collection contains ten key essays written by leading economists on the subject of the Industrial Revloution. Among the questions discussed are the causes for the pre-eminence of Britian, the roles of the inputs for growth (capital, labor, technical progress), the importance of demand factors, the relation between agricultural progress and the Industrial Revolution, and the standard of living debate.

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Technical changes in the first half of the nineteenth century led to unprecedented economic growth and capital formation throughout Western Europe, and yet Ireland hardly participated in this process at all. While the Northern Atlantic Economy prospered, the Great Irish Famine of 1845-50 killed a million and a half people and caused hundreds of thousands to flee the country. Why the Irish economy failed to grow, and 'why Ireland starved' remai...

Joel Mokyr is the author of several major works of economic history, including The Lever of Riches (1992) and The Gifts of Athena (2002). He teaches at Northwestern University and at Tel Aviv University.

Why are some nations more creative than others? What are the causes of technological creativity? Beginning with a fascinating, concise history of technological progress, Mokyr presents a sweeping survey of creativity throughout history, offering insight into the question of how Western economies can unlock and maintain their creative potential.

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First published in 1985, this collection contains ten key essays written by leading economists on the subject of the Industrial Revloution. Among the questions discussed are the causes for the pre-eminence of Britian, the roles of the inputs for growth (capital, labor, technical progress), the importance of demand factors, the relation between agricultural progress and the Industrial Revolution, and the standard of living debate.

Utilizando numerosas fuentes históricas, presentadas de forma amena y vívida, demuestra que los cambios habidos tanto en el entorno intelectual y social como en el telón de fondo institucional sobre el cual se generó y difundió el conocimiento produjeron la Revolución Industrial, seguida por un sostenido crecimiento económico y un continuado cambio técnico. Mokyr traza un nexo entre fuerzas intelectuales como la Ilustración europea y los subsi...

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